Name: Easy Sour Cream Scalloped Potatoes
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients: 12 large potatoes, peeled and halved; 2 (10.5 ounce) cans cream of chicken soup; 2 cups sour cream; 2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese, divided; salt and ground black pepper to taste

Why it works: Potato and chicken are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,756 recipes. Both carry (z)-4-decenal, which smells green, must. The science ↓

Easy Sour Cream Scalloped Potatoes

12 servings

Prep10 min

Cook45 min

Ingredients

12 large potatoes, peeled and halved
2 (10.5 ounce) cans cream of chicken soup
2 cups sour cream
2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese, divided
salt and ground black pepper to taste

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

596Calories

60 gProtein

19 gFat

45 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Cheddar Cheese	1 oz (28g)	113
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Soup	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Potato + chickentop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,756 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-decenal (green, must).
Potato + cheddar cheesetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together932 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Potato + peppertop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together8,305 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Chicken + cheddar cheesetop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,312 recipes

Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).
Cream + cheddar cheesetop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,036 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the potato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream, chicken, cheddar cheese, pepper):

Potatothe original
Capsicumfits about as well
Onionfits less well
Spinachfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against cream, chicken, cheddar cheese, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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